Revature reviews

I recommend if you are applying to Revature to first apply to Cognizant, Accenture, or Infosys. I was placed with Cognizant and my coworkers that are Cognizant employees make at least $20k more a year than I do. Cognizant provides a 3 week training, all expenses paid, which covers everything in the Revature training. Think of Revature as a last resort because the extremely low pay and relocation assistance makes your financial situation very difficult to live on.

I was on this site just a few months ago, wondering if this company was legit, and thinking "Wow, this sounds like a scam". But then I started reading between the lines of the harshest reviews, and began to hypothesize that the one who did poorly in training felt entitled to the job. I met some of them here. They did not finish. They either spent very little time after work studying, or working on projects, or they treated Revature like just another job, not the entry point to a career. This is NOT the place for you if you just want to "try something new". When you are here, you need to be 100% here. I spent many late nights and weekends studying and working on projects, even at the detriment of my health. The beginning seems slow, but everybody, no matter how smart, hits a point where they can't keep up. Those who stop trying at this point, inevitably fail. There is NO work-life balance (until the last few weeks). You eat, sleep, breath code. You dream in Angular. Your hobbies are Java and SQL. Your jokes are about Agile. You coworkers are your friends. Your classmates are your family. There is no outside world. This is even harder if you have a spouse and/or children. **The payment far below market-wage ------ but I hear that developers are usually bought out within the first year ------ The start on your career, especially if you do not have a background in Computer Science, makes up for it.